Hi,
Can anyone help me find some looping motion capture data for the human walk?
I'll explain what I'm trying to do.
I want to declare an object as a central blob surrounded by a number of randomly
orbiting
blobs.
I then want to construct a human figure out of many of these objects, all interacting
with
one another as the figure walks.
I'm not sure whether I'm actually up to the task of doing this, or quite how to go
about
it, but it'll be fun trying.

Many thanks,
Andy.

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Andrew Cocker wrote:

> Hi,
> Can anyone help me find some looping motion capture data for the human walk?
> I'll explain what I'm trying to do.
> I want to declare an object as a central blob surrounded by a number of randomly
orbiting
> blobs.
> I then want to construct a human figure out of many of these objects, all
interacting with
> one another as the figure walks.
> I'm not sure whether I'm actually up to the task of doing this, or quite how to go
about
> it, but it'll be fun trying.
>
> Many thanks,
> Andy.

  Moray just recently released a new version that now includes
inverse kinematics. This function is designed for interactive
jointed parts movement. Well worth looking into for the
animation capabilities it has to offer. This is a high end feature
many of the big boys don't even offer yet.

Ken Tyler

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Ken wrote in message <369BD03B.467E5448@pacbell.net>...
>
>  Moray just recently released a new version that now includes
>inverse kinematics. This function is designed for interactive
>jointed parts movement. Well worth looking into for the
>animation capabilities it has to offer. This is a high end feature
>many of the big boys don't even offer yet.
>
>Ken Tyler
>

Thanks Ken, I'll give that a try.

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Well, the mid-range boys anyway ;-)

On the topic of motion capture though, there are some sites around that let
you download human motion capture data of people walking, runnning, kicking,
jumping etc.  Most of them are in .bip (Biped) format, but if you could
write an extractor, it would be really cool to use with POV-Ray.
Unfortunately, I don't know any places which have the file format listed...

--
Lance.


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The Zone - http://come.to/the.zone

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Lance Birch wrote:

> Well, the mid-range boys anyway ;-)
>
> On the topic of motion capture though, there are some sites around that let
> you download human motion capture data of people walking, runnning, kicking,
> jumping etc.  Most of them are in .bip (Biped) format, but if you could
> write an extractor, it would be really cool to use with POV-Ray.
> Unfortunately, I don't know any places which have the file format listed...
>
> --
> Lance.
>
> ---
> For the latest MAX plug-ins, images and much more, go to:
> The Zone - http://come.to/the.zone

  There are some great animation links at Larry Gritz's links page and
a hand full at Daniels links page. Both listed below:

 http://www.seas.gwu.edu/student/gritz/links.html

 http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~0rfelyus/bookmark.html

--
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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Got that backwards. Daniel's links page is better than Larry's
for human motion studies links.

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Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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Lance Birch wrote in message <369bfdab.0@news.povray.org>...

>Most of them are in .bip (Biped) format, but if you could
>write an extractor, it would be really cool to use with POV-Ray.


Believe me Lance, I can write my own name without too much trouble, but software? I
wouldn't know where to start ;)
Anyone else want to take this up?

All the best
Andy

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See also:

http://www.public.asu.edu/~kggerrit/
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~bogert/

Dan

Ken wrote:
> 
>  http://www.seas.gwu.edu/student/gritz/links.html
>  http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~0rfelyus/bookmark.html

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Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> See also:
> 
> http://www.public.asu.edu/~kggerrit/
> http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~bogert/
> 
> Dan
> 
> Ken wrote:
> >
> >  http://www.seas.gwu.edu/student/gritz/links.html
> >  http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~0rfelyus/bookmark.html

This may be referenced on one of the above pages, I'm not sure, but
don't forget about the founding father of motion capture, Eadweard
Muybridge.  He was doing it a century and more ago.  There is an
incredible page full of reconstructions of his (pre-Edison) movies of
people walking, crawling, high jumping, climbing stairs and other things
at http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/anima/chronoph/ .  Take time to read
about his unusual life as well.

Jerry Anning
cle### [at] dholcom

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Handle me some specifications and I'll give it a try... *grin*

//Spider

Andrew Cocker wrote:
> 
> Lance Birch wrote in message <369bfdab.0@news.povray.org>...
> 
> >Most of them are in .bip (Biped) format, but if you could
> >write an extractor, it would be really cool to use with POV-Ray.
> 
> Believe me Lance, I can write my own name without too much trouble, but software? I
> wouldn't know where to start ;)
> Anyone else want to take this up?
> 
> All the best
> Andy

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